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"Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and carved cisterns which you did not carve out, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied,

And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

be careful that you do not forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Then beware lest thou forget the Lord , which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

"You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

"You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

for the LORD your God who is in the midst of you is a jealous God; so follow Him, or else the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

(For the Lord thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

"You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

"You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His provisions and His statutes which He has commanded you.

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

"You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may go well for you and that you may go in and take possession of the good land which the LORD swore to give your fathers,

And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers.

by driving out all your enemies from you, as the LORD has spoken.

To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.